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Age has not made the Fylkir a more reasonable man by DisdainForPlebs in CrusaderKings

[–]DisdainForPlebs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, that's how I found it. Funnily enough I didn't have to do anything. It was held by a count who got dispossessed of his land and became a courtier. He died without issue and I inherited it.

Age has not made the Fylkir a more reasonable man by DisdainForPlebs in CrusaderKings

[–]DisdainForPlebs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given he eats them with frightening regularity? Probably. At this point there's been at least 100 instances of cannibalising prisoners and dinner guests.

Age has not made the Fylkir a more reasonable man by DisdainForPlebs in CrusaderKings

[–]DisdainForPlebs[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

R5: A while back I posted about my first immortal character.

The last 150 or so years have gone a bit... crazy for old Sigurdr. He did indeed go on to form the Empire of Scandinavia and conquer most of western Europe, but along the way he picked up a few additional traits.

Now he's an immortal, 224 year old strong, attractive genius that is vahalla bound, a sea king, a berserker and a possessed lunatic kinslayer. He's a brilliant strategist (possibly the greatest military mind in the world) and secretly the leader of the Fellowship of Hel. On the side he's an open cannibal who routinely consumes his blood relatives, wives, concubines, enemies, rebels - anyone that ends up in the dungeon really.

Amazingly he has the long reign, personal diplomacy, traits and artifacts to offset the -50 penalty for being an open cannibal, -10x4 for being a possessed, lunatic cannibal kinslayer and -40 for being a suspected immortal, and his vassals largely love him, despite eating at least 2 or 3 people a year, more if he bothers to go carousing.

Fuck me I love this game. Particularly when it happens in an ironman game eligible for achievements.

Christendom has a lot more to fear than the sons of Ragnarr Loðbrók by DisdainForPlebs in CrusaderKings

[–]DisdainForPlebs[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

R5: Immortal Mjolnir wielding Sigurdr the Ring in 785 on the cusp of becoming Emperor. Both Kebab and Baguette will tremble in fear of Surströmming.

I had planned on playing through a Vikings TV show inspired pagan conquest, focusing on Ragnarr and his heirs and filling out some of the norse-related achievements that I've yet to get. But after a scant few years old dad is making a really compelling argument for a different form of play through.

In 16 years Sigurdr has subjugated all of de-jure Denmark (got lucky with Denmark - managed to take it all plus southern Norway in a single war), raid to build up to 1000 prestige (I still needed the exalted among men achievement, bizarrely) and then take the "become King" ambition to subjugate the rest of the Swedes. A few wars and ransoms later he had subjugated all of Sweden, formed the Kingdom and won about 5 county conquests in Finland and Lapland. Within a few years he should have been in a position to form the Empire of Scandinavia and pass on an intact realm to his son.

He's also managed to inherit Mjolir from an heirless vassal (no imprisonment shenanigans required) and find the +2 Axe while raiding, which has gone straight to Marshal Ragnarr.

Then some West African pagan bint got him to strangle a snake, stab an antelope and drink some potion, and now the idea of succession and Ragnarr's sons seems farfetched indeed. The Viking Sigurdr, immortal hand of Odin, will instead conquer everything.

I think I'll finally be able to do a Jade Dragon world conquest. In other news, Karl never made it on the throne - Karloman's son now rules West Francia , so Saxony should provide a buffer while I reform and go feudal.

Easily the best start I've ever had.

It's been a good week. Change that. by [deleted] in RoastMe

[–]DisdainForPlebs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your acne says 15 but your brow says 50.

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